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I would have preferred Lisa Nandy myself but congratulations to Sir Keir for winning decisively, nice speech too.https://labourlist.org/2020/04/keir-starmer-elected-to-succeed-jeremy-corbyn-as-labour-leader/
I could given the right circumstances, vote for a party lead by him
Two things against him, his personality and his record of standing against Brexit, that starts him off at odds with many Labour voters and will remember his stance, they are not the Labour member luvie duvies. Better than Long Bailey but who would not be? Nandy could become the face of the party on TV.
Careful Filo. You're elbowing in on BB's job. He's the one who has told us for years we need to move on from Brexit.I'm sure he'll have a word with Selby when he gets a minute.
Selby wouldn't do what I say, he is his own bloke. We are not a clique!
Quote from: Ldr on April 04, 2020, 11:35:40 amI could given the right circumstances, vote for a party lead by himSo could I and many more - but my fear as I recorded here straight after the Johnson landlide is that by the time the next Election comes he will have probably have nothing left after 5 years in opposition (hope Im wrong)I personally think he is great and will be a boon to the Party and hopefully he will lead Labour to a win and I will be here to vote for them (under his Leadership) as opposed to voting for him as it is not a Presidency
Quote from: wilts rover on April 04, 2020, 11:27:05 amI would have preferred Lisa Nandy myself but congratulations to Sir Keir for winning decisively, nice speech too.https://labourlist.org/2020/04/keir-starmer-elected-to-succeed-jeremy-corbyn-as-labour-leader/He's a big Arsenal fan, likes his football.I invited him to a game at the Keepmoat recently when we had a conversation, he said he'd love to come.
If he does not move the Party away from the South East London concentration he will be no more successful than Corbyn, and with the boundary changes will start off even further behind in the rest of the country. His back up team and their projection on radio and TV will be just as important as himself, and if the left of the party are not brought into line and momentum quashed he may have trouble keeping the party together as one entity. The extreme left have been undermining and gradually building within the party for a generation, and very nearly succeeded with Corbyn to take over the party. If they had won the election against May they would have done. They now are back to square one, in the background but pushing to get back as they were under Blair. With the young in education leaning to the left faction, will they be prepared to be subservient within the party? or could they break away? the extremists attached to the party have had a kicking, there will be a reaction.
I just heard Starmer on the news apologising for the anti Semitic stuff emanating from the Labour Party.People on here were suggesting that there was no anti sematism going on.He also said that he wanted to work with the government to help defeat the virus, without the need for petty point scoring.Readers take note.